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BELGRADE - The Serbian Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veteran Care and Social Affairs released on Tuesday that the Labour Law is a general regulation that applies to all employees in Serbia.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government adopted on Tuesday a set of draft laws which should considerably improve the efficiency in the work of public administration.

The government adopted the bill of amendments to the Law on Civil Servants, the Serbian government Office for cooperation with the media released.

By Ilias Bellos

The marked increase in passenger traffic in coastal shipping this year is creating the necessary conditions for the restructuring of the sector, which is essential for its survival.

Romania is still struggling with the aftermath of the torrential rains and the floods which hit the country on Tuesday and have already claimed five lives.

Some 1,200 people were evacuated from their homes due to the overflowing rivers, 2,200 houses were damaged by the floods, and 99 of them were completely destroyed, local media outlets reported.

BELGRADE - Certain provisions in the recently adopted amendments to the Labour Law in Serbia are not in keeping with European standards and some of them even constitute a setback and are inconceivable in Europe, Chair of the Confederation of German Trade Unions Reiner Hoffmann stated on Thursday.

BELGRADE- The bill on the work of officials in the autonomous provinces and local governments will be submitted to the government by the end of August and then be forwarded to the parliament for adoption, Serbian Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Kori Udovicki said Tuesday.

Turkey is about to set sail in uncharted waters. Starting from Aug. 29, we are going to have a directly elected president. That is the date for the transfer of office, right after the second round of elections on Aug. 24. We will have to learn how to deal with a constitutionally strong prime minister and a directly elected president.

BELGRADE - The average net salary paid in Serbia in June 2014 amounted to RSD 44,883, which is higher by 1.6 percent in nominal and by 1.5 percent in real terms compared to May, the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia released on Friday.

By Angelos Stangos

BELGRADE - The two representative trade unions - the Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia (SSSS) and United Branch Unions “Independence” (UGS Nezavisnost) stated on Wednesday that they pressed a criminal charge against Labor Minister Aleksandar Vulin to the prosecutor's office.